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PLAINCHANT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does plainchant mean?
• PLAINCHANT (noun)
The noun PLAINCHANT has 1 sense:
1. (Roman Catholic Church) a liturgical chant consisting of a single, unaccompanied melodic line
Familiarity information: PLAINCHANT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Roman Catholic Church) a liturgical chant consisting of a single, unaccompanied melodic line
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
plainchant; plainsong
Hypernyms ("plainchant" is a kind of...):
chant (a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone)
Domain category:
Church of Rome; Roman Catholic; Roman Catholic Church; Roman Church; Western Church (the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "plainchant"):
Gregorian chant (a variety of plainsong named after Pope Gregory I)
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